Nkosi and ActionAid are calling on Julie Bishop, who has made strong commitments to support women’s rights, to meet with her and hear her concerns about Australia’s investment in coal mining in Africa. #Australian#MiningCompany#Libs

Francina Nkosi, a representative from a community impacted by the Australian mining industry from South Africa will travel to Perth this week to make sure these truths are heard. #Australian#MiningCompany#Libs

The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Ms Rashida Manjoo, also found on her 2015 mission to South Africa, that women miners are exposed to extremely high levels of violence and rape. Women miners constitute a minority group underground and are routinely victims of sexual violence, harassment, and abuses, such as male employees demanding sex from female subordinates. #Australian#MiningCompany#Libs

The 2015 award winning International Consortium of Investigative Journalists project, Fatal Extraction, revealed that since 2004, the Australian mining industry has been directly associated with 380 deaths in “mining accidents or in off-site skirmishes connected to Australian publicly-traded mining companies in 13 countries in Africa”. #Australian#MiningCompany#Libs

Australian mining industry has not only failed to relieve the burdens shouldered by remote African communities, but there is evidence that the legacy for mining communities has instead been one of the human rights abuses and “environmental ruin.” #Australian#MiningCompany#Libs